(Los Angeles) American actress Anne Heche was hospitalized and is in serious condition after a car accident on Friday in Los Angeles, several American media reported.
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According to Los Angeles firefighters, a car slammed into a two-story home in the Mar Vista neighborhood, “causing structural damage and a massive fire.” The woman behind the wheel was “hospitalized in critical condition”, they added.
Several US media have confirmed reports from TMZ, a publication specializing in celebrity coverage, that the driver of the blue Mini Cooper is Anne Heche.
The 53-year-old actress’ vehicle first hit the garage of a building, before crashing into the Mar Vista villa, causing extensive damage according to the media.
It took more than an hour for the 60 firefighters mobilized to extinguish the fire, reported the fire department of Los Angeles.
Anne Heche acted in a large number of films in the 1990s, including Six Days Seven Nights or Donnie Brasco. She is also known for her role in the soap opera Another Worldwhich won him a Daytime Emmy Award in 1991.
In the 1990s, she had a high-profile relationship with presenter Ellen DeGeneres.